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August 8, 2012

Attorney General Hood intends to retry woman represented by the Innocence Project

Attorney General Hood intends to retry woman represented by the Innocence Project The Attorney General’s office will retry two women convicted of aggravated assault in 2001 after a status conference in Lincoln County Circuit Court Monday in Brookhaven. Attorney General Jim Hood’s office has said they will pursue a new trial against Leigh Stubbs, 32,…
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August 7, 2012

Rep. George Flaggs – Put fewer people behind bars

Put fewer people behind bars House Corrections Chairman George Flaggs, a Vicksburg Democrat, said prison spending has more than doubled in the last 15 years, rising to $333 million in the budget year that just ended. Even at that, he said the Corrections Department will end the year with a $30 million deficit, which the…